quarrel (quarry) - Small, rectangular, diamond or triangular shaped panes of glass Queen Anne sash - A window with many small geometrical shaped panes running along the edges ...
Quarry or quarrel - A small, usually diamond-shaped pane, or a square one placed diagonally, with which medieval leaded windows were glazed. The term can also applied to any small quadrangular opening in the tracery of a window.
From this [covetousness] also proceed the constant tumult of quarrels at law, and frequent scandals arise, and the even tenor of the different Orders is rent by their transgressions.
to intervene The children began to quarrel, and I thought it was time I stepped in.
Quarrels developed between some members, and others seemed to tire of maintaining a stance of outrage against society.
See also: Frame, Member, Chief, System, Die
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